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A08188	A day-starre for darke-wandring soules shewing the light, by a Christian controuersie: or briefely and plainely setting forth the mysterie of our saluation. Diuided into principles, obiections, and answeres. By Richard Niccolls, th'elder, of the Inner Temple London, Gent. deceased. Published for the generall benefit of all those who heartily, and with a true path desire their owne saluation: by I.C.	Niccols, Richard, of the Inner Temple.; I. C., fl. 1613.	1613 (1613)	STC 18526.5; ESTC S119830	27,183	96

now liue in the flesh I liue by Faith in the Sonne of God who hath loued me and giuen himselfe for mee This mysticall vnion is in both the Sacraments acknowledged for in the Sacrament of Baptisme all true beleeuers who are partakers of the outward Sacrament of Baptisme and thereby made and acknowledged to be members of Christs visible Body to wit his visible Church are by one spirit to wit by the only spirit of Christ working faith in them made members of his mysticall body the inuisible Church and in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper as in token or remembrance that wee are made members of his visible Bodie the visible Church whose Body was broken and his Blood shed for vs wee communicate and participate our Bread and our Wine So also by this outward action wee acknowledge the mysticall vnion vvhich wee haue vvith Christ and one with another by the participation and communion of his spirit of which wee spiritually liue But the question may be yet further asked how a man may discerne and know when himselfe or any other is spiritually dead and when spiritually liuing and indued with the spirituall life here spoken of To vvhich it may be answered that as vvee be naturall men although wee eate and drinke and performe all other actions and vvorkes of men vvho are naturally liuing in bodily health yet vntill by our vnion with Christ vntill by our effectuall calling vntill by our Iustification and vntill by our Sanctification wee be made new Creatures in Christ wee are dead in our sinnes because vvee be no more able to doe any the workes of new creatures liuing vnto God in Christ that is to say we are no more able to doe any works acceptable vnto GOD then the man naturally dead is able to eate or drinke or to doe any other worke or action of the man who is naturally liuing because the vvhole naturall man and euery part of him is wholy corrupted with sinne and therefore dead in sinne for First in his minde there is nothing but blindnesse and ignorance concerning heauenly matters Secondly his conscience is defiled being alwayes either benummed with sinne or else turmoyled with inward accusations and terrours Thirdly his will willeth and lusteth after that onely which is euill Fourthly the affections of his heart as Loue Ioy Hope Desire c. are stirred and moued to that onely vvhich is euill and neuer to that which is good Lastly the members of his body are Tooles and Instruments of his minde for the execution of sinne All which corruptions and deadnesse in sinne are then onely cured and wee made spiritually liuing vnto God When in Christ we be made new creatures by our effectual vnion with Christ by our effectuall calling by our Iustification and Sanctification which foure degrees of our regeneration howsoeuer they in nature goe one before the other yet too make vs new creatures in Christ doe so concurre that the true beleeuer or regenerate person finding himselfe to haue the one of them may assure himselfe hee hath them all for First the true beleeuer may assure himselfe of this vnion vvith CHRIST when hee findeth that Christ of his loue preuenting him doth begin the vnion by communicating vnto him his holy Spirit dwelling in his man hood through the ministerie of his holy Word and by the cooperation of the same Spirit vvith his word doth beget in him a liuely faith by which the true beleeuer on his part as by his onely instru ment is actually vnited vnto Christ but this vnion is not perceiued by the regenerate person before he be called Secondly therefore the true beleeuer may assure himselfe that he hauing a liuely faith is effectually called to the knowledge of the things he beleeueth for no man can effectually consent vnto the thing conteined in the Word much lesse by a liuely faith beleeue the things herein conteined vnlesse hee be first by the ministery of the Word instructed and called to the knowledge thereof to wit by hauing his vnderstanding inlightned with the knowledge of the truth and his vvill thereunto perswaded Thirdly the true beleeuer being by faith as aforesaid vnited vnto Christ and called by the ministery of the Word to the knowledge of that which by a liuely faith hee beleeueth hee may assure himselfe of his Iustification because that the faithfull are iustified before GOD by the onely imputation of Christs righteousnesse for in what manner Christ was made a sinner for vs in the same manner are wee made righteous by him but Christ was made a sinner for vs by imputation of our sinnes vnto him and therefore wee are made righteous before God by imputation of his righteousnesse vnto vs. Againe as vvee are made sinners that is guiltie of the first Adams transgression so are wee made not guiltie and iustified by the obedience of the second Adam but wee are made guiltie of the first Adams transgression by imputation and therefore wee are iustified by the imputation of the obedience of the second Adam Now the imputation of Christs righteousnesse vnto vs doth as vpon the onely cause and reason therof depend vpon our vnion with Christ made on our parts by faith onely Fourthly the true beleeuer finding himselfe vnited vnto Christ and Called and liuely Iustified hee may assure himselfe of his Sanctification for a liuely faith is not of our selues but it is of GOD. By it wee are in diuers respects both iustified and sanctified by it wee are iustified not formally as by a meritorious vertue or part of righteousnesse inherent in vs but relatiuely in respect of the Object it apprehendeth to wit as by it wee apply to our selues the righteousnesse inherent in Christ Iesus man-hood which of his owne meere mercie is imputed vnto all who lay holde therevpon by faith but by it wee are sanctified as by a grace inherent in vs as are also the graces of hope and charitie and other sanctifying graces which being in the man-hood of CHRIST without measure are by his spirit from thence infused vnto vs in measure to sanctifie vs and make vs fit for the Kingdome of Heauen and to speake both briefely and plainely of this matter Faith is a chiefe part of our Sanctification being as it vvere the roote both of other inward graces and outward obedience which concurre to our Sanctification The fift PRINCIPLE BY the outward Ministery of the Word is conuayd vnto vs Christs diuine spirit which also by the same Ministerie of the Word begetteth in vs Faith whereby wee are actually vnited vnto Christ and made one with him Notes vpon the fift Principle THE Doctrine of the fift Principle is taught and confirmed vnto vs by the whole Booke of the Ac●… of the Apostles for through out that whole Booke examples are expresly and plainely shewed vnto vs how the Holy Ghost and Faith are giuen to the hearers by attentiue and reuerent hearing of the Word of GOD preached by his

was praying into the hands of his Father without trembling or strugling or any shew of sense of his paines who can sleepe when he will as Christ dyed when hee would who can lay aside his Garment as Christ laid aside his Flesh who can so leaue his place as Christ left his life The laying downe of his life was no imposed punishment nor forcible inuasion of death vpon him but a voluntary Sacrifice rendred vnto God for our sinnes and his bloud thus shed vpon the Crosse is a full and perfect satisfaction for our sinnes We must not be so childish as to thinke that the bloud of Christ in sensible flesh is a perfect Sacrifice rendred to God for our sinnes to satisfie Gods wrath excluding the vnion operations and passions of his soule whilest his body suffered and in the end dyed but in the shedding of his bloud wee must include all his suffering both of body and soule which testifie his patience and perfect obedience euen to the shedding of his bloud vpon the Crosse. Secondly let vs see how the precious Bloud and Death of CHRIST crucified is of infinite vvorthinesse and merit for that in regard it must vvorke infinite things for vs to wit it must deliuer vs from eternall death in Hell and bring vs to life euerlasting in Heauen in respect of eyther of which it must needes be of infinite value or else it profiteth not For an infinite purchase cannot be made without an infinite price this infinite price cannot be found in our owne merits whose thoughts words and deedes are continually euill Shall vvee then seeke for it in the euerlasting paines of Hell they are neyther meritorious nor infinite meritorious they be not for to be eternally separated from God can deserue no thankes with God if any man fall away from God God hath no pleasure in him saith the Apostle And hee vvho suffereth Hels paines is hated and no wayes beloued for Christs sentence shall be Depart from me you cursed into euerlasting fire And as Hels paines be not meritorious no more are they infinite in waight but in time onely for they must be euerlastingly suffered before they can be infinite and the Diuels and men which shall suffer them cannot endure any infinite sense of paine because they be finite Creatures God onely is infinite but the vengeance of sinne continueth for euer because no creat●…re is able to beare an infinite waight of punishment Since then neyther our owne merits nor the paines of Hell haue neyther worth nor waight sufficient in themselues to satisfie the anger and procure the fauour of GOD wee must seeke to Heauen euen to God himselfe for the true ransome of our sinnes and redemption of our Soules which wee can finde no where but in the person of Christ Iesus who being true God tooke our nature vnto himselfe to become one with vs and communicateth his spirit vnto vs to make vs one with him and by the infinite price of his bloud bought vs from the power of hell and brought vs vnto God for neyther the Vertues of Christs humane soule though they were many nor the sufferings of his flesh though they were painefull are simply infinite vntill wee looke vnto his person being the eternall Sonne of God Then shall wee finde that God vouchsafed with his owne bloud to purchase his Church and that wee were reconciled vnto God when we were his enemies by the death of his Sonne Moreouer concerning the infinite merit of Christs death and passion if betweene the Creator and the best of his Creatures there be an infinite distance then betweene the most glorious and blessed Throne of God in Heauen and the most base and cursed Crosse of Christ vpon Earth must needes be so infinite a distance that neyther men nor Angels can comprehend it and by consequence the Obedience of Christ who being in the forme of God humbled himselfe and became obedient to the death euen to the death of the Crosse was infinite and did in farre higher degree please God the Father then the Rebellion of Adam did displease him for Adams disobedience was the Sinne of man but Christs Obedience was the virtue of God which Obedience being infinite doth more then counteruayle Adams Disobedience and for that cause the Iustice of God is better satisfied with the Obedience of Christ then with the vengeance it might haue executed on the sinnes of men for God hath no pleasure in the death of the vvicked neyther doth hee delight in mans destruction but with the Obedience of his Sonne hee is well pleased and therein his Soule delighteth This is my wel-beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased Loe my Chosen my Soule taketh pleasure in him in which vvords God doth not onely note the naturall loue betweene himselfe and his Sonne but hee giueth full approbation of his Obedience as being thereby as with a condigne compensation fully satisfied for the sinnes of man But here is to be noted that although the bloud of Christ crucified be a sufficient price to satisfie Gods iustice for the sinnes of all the world if men could and would apply the same to themselues by Faith yet it is estectuall onely to them who are vnited vnto Christ so that Christ is theirs and they are Christs for they onely haue power to apply his bloud vnto themselues by Faith For euen as a soueraigne Salue so Christs bloud hath sufficient virtue to heale all and it is effectuall for the healing of those onely vnto whom it is applyed Seeing then there is no meanes to purchase our Redemption but by the infinite price of Christs precious bloud let vs highly esteeme of so precious a thing and with all diligence seeke to make it ours and to vse it to the glory of God and not to our owne licentiousnesse for being bought with a price wee are not our owne but his who hath bought vs and therefore wee are not to serue our owne lusts but to glorifie him both in our Soules and Bodyes which are not ours but his who bought vs. This is the very good and end of our Redemption and it is the true libertie and happinesse of the Saints and blessed Angels in Heauen willingly and chearefully to serue the Lord by whom they were brought to that happinesse The fourth PRINCIPLE THe M●…rits of Christ crucified and his whole Person and all his G●…aces and Benefits stored vp in his Man hoode are made ours by being vnited vnto him as Members of his Mysticall Body by Faith wrought in our harts by the operation of his Spirit dwelling in his Man-hoode and from thence descending vnto vs his Members Notes vpon the fourth Principle THe mysticall vnion whereby Christ and his members which are all true beleeuers and they only are actually coupled together into one mysticall body is not carnall as a thing to be vnderstood according to the common capacitie of men and therefore wee must